Arjun Erigaisi lost against Russian grand master Ian Nepomniachtchi in 41 movements in his eliminatory match of 5th-8th place while Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura played respectively against Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer respectively in the semi-finals.
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Arjun Erigaisi underwent a second consecutive defeat during the Parisian leg of the Grand Chelem Freestyle tour on Friday while Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura played respectively against Fabiano Caruana and Vincent Keymer in the semi-finals. As for the other Indians in action on day 5 of the Paris event, R Praggnanandhaa played a draw of 46 movements against Richard report during their classification match in the 9th-10th.
Arjun, who made his big slam tour in Paris alongside compatriots praggnanandhaa and emptied Gujrathi, lost against the Grand Master Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi in 41 movements while playing with black pieces in the opening match of their classification match of the 5th 8th.
Nepomniachtchi consolidated his position on the table after a hat -trick of solid movements (16. RB6, 17. BC3 and 18. QD2), Arjun helping his case with an error in the 27th move (NG5). The world No. 4 resigned later despite its queen to the board of directors.
Arjun had previously obtained a finish among the first four at the end of the round scene while the compatriots praggnanandhaa (9th), D Gukesh (11th) and Gujrathi (12th) posted disappointing performances to finish among the last four.
However, the 21-year-old hopes to travel the distance in Paris were finished by the world n ° 2 Hikaru Nakamura, who defeated him in the quarter-finals with a margin of 1.5-0.5, the Japanese-American GM winning match 2 after playing a draw in the opening.
Like Arjun, Praggnanandhaa also played with black parts during his confrontation in the 3rd-12th place playoffs, but was much more control by playing a draw of 46 movements against the Hungarian GM.
As for the four semi-finalists, all will start level terms in match 2 Saturday after the end of the two games with a draw.
The two games, however, could not be more contrasting – while Caruana and Carlsen fought until the end and ended up with their kings at the end of the battle of 67 modes, Nakamura shook Keymer’s hand after only 41 movements with both sides with their laps on the board.
Summary of the results of the day 5 of Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour
Semi-final
– Fabiano Caruana 0.5-0.5 Magnus Carlsen
– Hikaru Nakamura 0.5-0.5 Vincent Keymer
5th-8th place playoffs
– Ian Nepomniachtchi 1-0 Arjun Erigaisi
-Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1-0 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Playoffs from 9th to 12th place:
– Richard report 0.5-0.5 praggnanandhaa
